2021.07 2021.07 Downloads: 2021.07.06 2021.07.13 2021.07.20 2021.07.27 [Event "BNAK 2021.07.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xBVpbPsv"] [Date "2021.07.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1711"] [BlackElo "1656"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Sakethvishy was 1st this week. Kavin was 2nd} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. Rad1 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Ne7 {Fritz likes Nd4} 13. Nh4 {Fritz likes the knight in the center supporting d4.} d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qf3 {White should trade on b6 to avoid the fork. Then the knight on h4 should rejoin the army} d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 {de reaps the rewards of the fork.} 17. Qxe4+ Kg8 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Qg4 Nd5 {With the knight on e7 Black could reply to Nf5 with Qg6. Now White’s attack is very strong} 20. Nf5 Rxf5 {Black sees that Qf6 protects g7 but not h6. He sacs an exchange to break the attack and to activate his last piece.} 21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg3 {Qg6 looks better. Black is fishing in troubled waters.} Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf4 25. g3 {Bf4 breaks Black’s attack leaving White an extra exchange. Fritz likes Re1} h5 26. Qg5 {Qh4. Both players are playing much too fast. White ended this game with more than 12 minutes, Black with more than 13. Almost all the games this week were marred by blunders like this.} Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 Qg6 29. Bh4 c5 30. Rde1 Bd8 31. Rxe5 {White should trade bishops first to preserve the pawn fortress around his king.} Bxh4 32. gxh4 Qd6 33. Rfe1 Qf6 {Wasting the pin. Re8 would force one of the rooks off the board. When ahead, trade. Fritz says, yes, but Rf2+ and then Rc2 is two free pawns.} 34. R5e2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qh4 39. Kg1 Qg4+ {Drawn, but this is an easy win for Black after Kf1 Qh3+; Kg1 Rf6} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5NVldJxh"] [Date "2021.07.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "1476"] [BlackElo "1710"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Ved was 3rd this week} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {a6 first to avoid Nb5 or Bb5} 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Bc4 a6 9. Nxc6 {This activates Black’s bishop. Fritz likes Nd5 or Be3} Bxc6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 {This loses a pawn. Fritz says protect c4 and e4 with Qd4 or Qe2} 11. Bxd5 e6 12. Bb3 Nxe4 13. Bxe6 {unforced error. White needs to develop the rest of his army} fxe6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 Qxc2 16. Be3 O-O-O {A disaster allowing Rac} 17. Qf7 Qa4 {Black sees the danger, but the position is too weak. Nc5 is best.} 18. Rac1+ Kb8 19. Qc7+ 1-0 [pgn navigation_board=floatLeft show_move_arrow=no] [Event "BNAK 2021.07.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HYy5unLW"] [Date "2021.07.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1657"] [BlackElo "1495"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. d3 h6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Ne2 Qd7 {Qd2 Develop all the pieces before you start moving them around} 11. Ng3 Bxh3 {Not sound. After gh Qh3; Bb6 (to avoid Be3 leaving g3 unprotected) White is a piece up.} 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. c3 Nd4 15. Qc1 {BxN is better, but White wants to save his bishop for an unsound sacrifice on h6. For once, Fritz likes the sacrifice giving White the advantage after Bh6!} Be2 16. Re1 {Fritz likes cd getting two pieces for the rook, but he also likes Bh6} Bxd3 17. Bxh6 {But now the sacrifice is not sound. Black can kill the attack with Qg4 or with Ne6} Ng4 {That does not break White’s attack.} 18. Qg5 Nxh6 19. Ngf5 {logical, but wrong. Fritz suggests Nh5 Ne6; Nf6+ and White should recover his lost piece} Nhxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 {Qf5 Black is ahead and should want to trade queens.} 22. Re3 Bb6 23. Rg3 Bg6 {g6} 24. Qxg6 {week after week I have seen people missing the importance of a bishop pin. White understands it.} Rfe8 25. Qxg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/h4ootFPG"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1668"] [BlackElo "1792"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] {Sakethvishy was 1st this week, naranjanadevi was 2nd} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 {Now White has a dead bishop.} Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 {And Black makes the same mistake, burying his bishop} 12. Bxh6 gxh6 {Qf6 looks safer} 13. Qxh6 Qe7 {Bf5 This gives White a valuable tempo} 14. Rae1 Qd8 {Qd7; Re4 f5; Rh4 Qg7} 15. Re4 Bf5 16. Rh4 {f6 is not sufficient. White plays g4 and wins a piece} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/oeuaTvN6"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1785"] [BlackElo "1666"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 {a6 is more common, but this is sound. Bc6 dc; Ne5 Bf2+; Kf2 Qd4+ and Qe5} 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bxh3 {Not sound. White has plenty of defenders.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nh2 Rae8 18. f3 Re5 19. Bf4 c4+ 20. Kh1 Rh5 21. Qg2 Qh4 22. Qg3 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qf6 24. Be3 Qe7 25. Bd2 {White is two pieces ahead and should trade bishops} Bd4 26. Qg4 g6 27. Bc1 Be5 28. Bf4 Rh4 29. Qg3 g5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Nd5 Qc5 32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Nd7 Qb4 34. Nxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qf3 Rf4 36. Qe3 Rf6 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rf1+ Kg7 39. Ng4 h5 40. Qxg5+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Qxh5+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Qh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/42MGhcpM"] [Date "2021.07.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1787"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 {Black’s bishop is a tall pawn. It will take some effort to bring it into the game. Bd4 was better.} 15. Bxh6 {The sacrifice is not sound, but it leads to an exciting game.} gxh6 16. Qxh6 f6 {A logical attempt to chase the enemy queen away. Fritz prefers Qe5 or Rfe to bring the queen to f8} 17. Rae1 Qg7 18. Qh5 {White cannot allow the queen trade which would leave him a piece down.} f5 {preventing Re4, but now g6 becomes very weak. Fritz prefers Qg5} 19. Re6 Rf6 20. Rfe1 Raf8 21. Re8 R6f7 22. R8e6 Rf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Re6 Rf6 26. Re2 {Spurning the draw by repetition, White waits for a mistake} Qg6 {Amazingly, this is a game-losing blunder! Qh6 is playable as is f4} 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Qh8 Qg7 29. Re7+ Kxe7 30. Qxg7+ Rf7 31. Qg5+ Rf6 32. h4 {And Black cannot stop the pawn.} c6 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. h5 Kf7 35. h6 Rg6 36. Qxf5+ Kg8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/mYH9Iz5B"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "1468"] [BlackElo "1678"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {This is not an effective 2nd move in a queen pawn game. Unlike e4 e5; Nf3 White is not threatening the d-pawn. c4 is standard. White can also play e3 and then c4. Fritz suggests Bf4 or Nf3} Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Ng4 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qf6 14. e5 Qh6 15. Nh4 {since this knight can be driven away, Qd2 should be prefered} g5 16. Qxg4 f5 17. Qe2 {ef capturing in passing} gxh4 18. gxh4 Qxh4 19. g3 {This leaves the d-pawn unprotected and increases the force of the coming f4. Better defense would be Rad and then Rd3} Qh3 20. d5 {Qf3 followed by Qg2 would be better. White is trying to bring the knight into an attack.} Kh8 21. dxe6 Rg8 22. Qd3 f4 23. Nd5 {Ne4 to protect g3} fxg3 24. f3 Qh2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5vHMbVwD"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1661"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] {Kavin was 3rd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. h3 d6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 Nd4 12. Nh4 Bxh3 13. Bxd4 {Taking the bishop is better, says Fritz. Now Black has Bg4 and then BxB} Bxd4 14. Ngf5 {Fritz says gh Qh3; Ngf5} Bxf5 15. Nxf5 g6 {Unforced error. Just Bb2 and Black is 2 pawns up} 16. Nxh6+ Kg7 17. Qd2 Rh8 {An error, but not at all an obvious one.} 18. Nf5+ gxf5 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qxf6 Rh7 {c3 first} 21. exf5 d5 {Bb2 or Qe7} 22. Qg5 Rg7 {Bb2 or Qd6} 23. Qh6 Qxf5 24. Qh8+ Rg8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. g3 {That should lose immediately to Rg3+} Rh8 {Black has a different idea} 27. Qd2 Qh3 28. Qg5+ Ke8 29. Ba4+ c6 30. Bxc6+ bxc6 31. Qh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Ke7 33. c3 Rg8# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/nUKaClPq"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Black "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1458"] [BlackElo "1650"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. h3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. d4 Qf6 12. Nxe5 {There’s a surprise!} Qg5 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ {Rf7 with the threat of discovered check is more powerful.} Kh8 15. g4 {moving the pawns in front of the king is often a bad idea. Rf3 would protect h3} Nxd4 {Black’s turn for a surprise} 16. exd4 Qxd2 17. Bg6 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Be5 {Threatening mate-in-one, but it is White’s move and he also has a mate-in-one} 19. Rf8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HgAieNVv"] [Date "2021.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1636"] [BlackElo "1475"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Ne2 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. Qc1 Bxe3 13. fxe3 d4 14. Nh4 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Nd4 16. Rxf6 {That’s a shocker! Fritz suggested Ngf5} Bxb3 17. axb3 {Fritz likes Ngf5} Nxc2 18. Qd2 Nxa1 19. Rxh6 {Fritz still likes N(either)f5} Nxb3 {Time to take the rook, says Fritz.} 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qg6 Qxd3 22. Nhf5 Qd1+ 23. Kh2 Rf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/MhGMoQzR"] [Date "2021.07.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1636"] [BlackElo "1462"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2021.07.20"] [TimeControl "G/15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. h3 d6 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. Qc1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Kh7 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. Bxh6 {Not sound. f5 is a critical square and Black has it covered.} gxh6 16. c3 Nb5 {Better to take the bishop off the board. When ahead, trade.} 17. Nhf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ng8 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Bd5 Qf6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Ba6 Nd6 23. Nxd6 {Fritz says take on f2 first with either piece.} cxd6 24. Rf1 {Fritz says combine attack and defense with Qd2} Qh4 25. Qd2 Rfd8 {Wrong rook. This one should stay to support f5. Also, Fritz says leave the pawn and bring the knight into the attack with Nf6} 26. Qd5 Nf6 {a sacrifice to activate Black’s knight? Qf6 leaves Black with an extra piece. Fritz is happy to sacrifice the pawn.} 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rad1 Nxe4 {Good enough. Fritz prefers Rg8 or Rf8} 29. Bd3 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Nxf2 {Qf2+; Qf2 Nf2; Kf2 breaks the White attack and leave Black with a comfortable material advantage.} 31. Qh7# {I note a tendency for several of you to get excited about your chances and to forget that chess is a two-player game.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/z5RxB9j9"] [Date "2021.07.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1790"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {niranjanadevi took 1st this week, starting off with this draw, then reeling off 5 wins (including one against sakethvishy) before losing the last game to sakethvishy who came 2nd this week.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxh6 {Fritz says the sacrifice is unsound.} gxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe6 16. Qg5+ Qg6 17. Qh4 Nd4 {Fritz says Kg7 with Rh8 coming} 18. Nxe5 Qg7 19. Rfe1 {White sacrifices a rook to bring the other rook into play against the king. Fritz says Ng4 attacks and doesn’t sacrifice anything.} Nxc2 20. Re4 {last chance for Ng4 NxR; Nh6+ Kh8; Nf5+ Qh7; Qf6+} (20. Ng4 Nxe1 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nf5+ Qh7 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Ne7#) 20... f5 21. Rg4 fxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxa1 {Bf2+ trades off the dangerous White attack} 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 {Bf2+ with an easy win for Black} 28. Qe7+ {Faced with 2 rooks and 2 pieces against the queen, White opts for a perpetual check.} Rf7 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qg5+ Rf6 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Qg4+ Rf5 34. Qg6+ Ke5 35. Qg3+ Kf6 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Qg4+ Kf6 38. Qh4+ Ke6 39. Qc4+ Kf6 40. Qh4+ {Two rooks and two pieces are usually much more than a match for the queen, but in this case Black’s king is too open.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/y5B3CxgD"] [Date "2021.07.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1661"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. h3 d6 10. Rad1 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Bxh3 {Fritz says the sacrifice is unsound. White has enough defenders.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nxf6+ {But opening the g-file for Black is deadly. Nf4 leaves Black a piece down.} gxf6 18. f4 Rg8+ 19. Kf2 Rg2+ {Qg3 is mate, but Black sees a different mate} 20. Ke1 Rxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Qe3# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0Mje1fR5"] [Date "2021.07.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1793"] [BlackElo "1430"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Ved was 3rd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Bd5 Be6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 c5 12. dxe5 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. exf6 c6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh2 d4 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Bf4 Rg8 {Qf6 protects better.} 20. Qf5+ Rg6 21. Qxf7+ Rg7 22. Qf5+ Rg6 23. Ng4 Kg7 24. Bxh6+ {Fritz says Be5+ is much stronger as the rook can’t trade for the two pieces} Kh7 {The rook really needed to trade for the two pieces} 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxg6 Qg8 27. Qh5 Qh7 28. Nf6 Qe7 29. Bf8+ Qh7 30. Qxh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3dmjbi7R"] [Date "2021.07.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1654"] [BlackElo "1639"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 d6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Rad1 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qg4 14. g3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bb6 17. d4 {Qc2 first to protect e4. Now Black should trade on d4 and then take on e4.} g5 18. f3 {White should just retreat to g2. Now after Qh5; Ng2 Black has Rf3} Qh3 19. Ng2 Qh5 {That does attack f3 again. Fritz prefers ed; cd e5 to bring the bishop back into the attack.} 20. g4 Qh3 21. Rf2 {too slow. Qd3 or Qf2 both protecting d4 and f3.} Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Qxf3 23. Rf1 Qxg4 {Qe4 attacks the g-pawn and also adds a third attack on the d-pawn } 24. Qf2 Qh5 25. Qf6 c5 {Very bad. The bishop is cut off from the attack and the central pawns are now undefended. Worst of all, the king is left dancing with the enemy queen.} 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ {Rf7 and Black must give up the queen to avoid mate.} (27. Rf7 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qd3+ 30. Kg4 Qe2+ 31. Kf5 Qf3+ 32. Kg6 Rg8+ 33. Kxh6 {and Black is dead}) 27... Kg8 28. Qe7 {Fritz still shows a small advantage for White, but de was better. Of course, there was still the perpetual check.} cxd4 {Black is reluctant to take a draw with an extra pawn and bishop against knight} 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. cxd4 {The perpetual check was still there} Bxd4+ 31. Kh1 g4 {Now White’s rook can move since there is no longer a check on d1. Fritz was looking for Re8 or Rg8} 32. Rf7 {White’s gamble has paid off? Fritz says Rf5 is the killer move. Now Black survives with Qg5.} g3 {Black has mate next, but it is White’s move and there isn’t going to be a next.} 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4nEfGgEv"] [Date "2021.07.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Black "Chatrath, Vikhyath, vikquick"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1445"] [BlackElo "1559"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 d6 9. h3 Kh7 10. Rfd1 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 c5 14. c3 Bxb3 15. axb3 dxc3 16. bxc3 a6 17. Na3 Rc8 18. b4 {Now cb opens the diagonal for the bishop and the file for the rook. Fritz suggests bringing the knight back into the game with Nc4 or Nc2} c4 19. dxc4 {Nc4 is a free pawn and doesn’t activate Black’s knight} Nxe4 20. Qd5 Nxc3 {Stepping into a fork. Nf2 was better. Fritz prefers Bf2+} 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Qxc3 d5 23. c5 Bc7 24. b5 {Trying to activate the knight. Nc2 or even Nc4 would be better} Qf6 {Black is a piece down and should not be trading queens. Fritz likes Bb6 or Bd6 utilizing the pin to win a pawn} 25. Qd4 {When ahead, trade. And then Rd5} Qxd4 26. Rxd4 axb5 27. Nxb5 Bd8 28. Rxd5 Bf6 29. Re1 Rfd8 30. Red1 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Be7 32. Na7 Rc7 33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Ne5 Bxc5 35. Nd7 Be7 36. Na7 Ra8 37. Nb5 Bg5 38. Nc7 Ra3 39. Ne5 Bf4 40. g3 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 f6 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 Kg6 44. Rxb7 Kf5 45. Rb5+ Ke4 46. Kg2 g5 47. f3+ Ke3 48. Nd5+ Kd3 49. Nxf6 {expensive pawn. Black now had a perpetual check on the first two ranks.} Ra2+ 50. Kh1 Ke2 {Black has a draw by perpetual check, but he wants more} 51. Re5+ Kf2 52. g4 Kg3 53. Re3 {Re1 avoids immediate mate} Ra1+ 54. Re1 Rxe1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/btHAdy00"] [Date "2021.07.06"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1625"] [PlyCount "234"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Bd2 {A little trap. Qb2; Bc3 and then Bg7. Of course Qe4 meets Re1 } Qd6 10. e5 Qe7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qe2 f6 13. Rfe1 f5 {Excellent. White’s attack is nullified. White should have traded on f6 even though that developed Black’s knight.} 14. Rad1 Qf7 15. a3 Ne7 16. b3 O-O 17. Bg5 Ng6 {The bishop is now in constant danger of being trapped by f4.} 18. Rd3 h6 19. Bc1 f4 20. Red1 {f3 Black’s attack is stronger than White’s.} Qf5 21. Re1 Nh4 22. Qe4 {Fritz says f3 is much less dangerous} Qxe4 23. Rxe4 {played too fast. Ne4 Bf5; f3} Bf5 24. Red4 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Ng6 26. Rd7 Nxe5 27. Rxc7 Rab8 28. f3 {Re7. Now Black can trade off the White rook. After Re7 Rf7; Rf7 Nf7; Bf4 White has a pawn for the exchange.} Ng6 29. Bb2 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Kf2 Ne7 33. Be5 Ng6 34. Bc3 b5 35. Ke2 Nh4 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3 Nf5 38. g4 Nd6 39. Nc5 {White is probably better to trade the knights making a pure rook against bishop struggle.} Re8+ 40. Kf2 Ra8 41. Nd3 Kg8 42. Bb4 Nf7 43. Ke2 a5 44. Bc5 Re8+ 45. Kf2 Ne5 46. Nf4 Nd7 47. Be3 a4 48. Ne2 axb3 49. cxb3 Ra8 50. Bc1 Nc5 51. Ke3 Nxb3 52. Bb2 Re8+ 53. Kd3 Nc5+ 54. Kd2 Na4 55. Bc1 Rb8 56. Nd4 c5 57. Ne2 b4 58. axb4 cxb4 59. Kc2 b3+ 60. Kb1 b2 61. Bf4 Re8 62. Nc3 Re1+ 63. Kc2 Nxc3 64. Kxb2 Nd5 65. Bd2 Re2 66. Kc2 Nb4+ 67. Kd1 Rf2 {The fastest win would be RxB. The extra knight should make for an easy win.} 68. Bxb4 Rxf3 69. Ke2 Rf4 70. Bd2 Rxg4 71. Kf3 Rg6 72. Bf4 Rf6 73. Kg4 h5+ 74. Kg5 h4 {Fritz suggests Rf4 with an easy win} 75. Be5 h3 76. Kg4 Rh6 77. Bh2 Kf7 78. Kg5 Ke6 79. Kg4 Kf6 80. Kg3 Kg5 81. Kf3 Kf5 82. Kg3 g5 83. Kf3 g4+ 84. Kg3 Rg6 85. Bg1 Ke4 86. Bh2 Kf5 87. Bg1 Rh6 88. Bh2 Rh5 89. Bg1 h2 {A miscalculation. Bh2 Rh2; Kh2 Kf4; Kg2 Kf4; Kf2 is a draw.} 90. Bxh2 Rh3+ 91. Kg2 Ke4 92. Bg3 Ke3 93. Bf2+ Ke2 94. Bg3 Ke3 95. Bf2+ Kf4 96. Be1 Rh5 97. Bd2+ Kf5 98. Kg3 Rh3+ 99. Kg2 Rd3 100. Be1 Re3 101. Bf2 Re2 102. Kg3 Ke4 103. Bg1 Re1 104. Bf2 Rf1 105. Kg2 Rxf2+ 106. Kxf2 Kf4 107. Kf1 {The losing move. Kg2 is drawn. I did not think about this move. When king and pawn are side by side you move in front of the king to draw. The key point here is that it is then Black’s turn to move and the game is drawn. Now Black can advance and White is out of board to retreat straight back.} Kf3 108. Kg1 Kg3 {And Black claims the queening square.} 109. Kh1 Kf2 110. Kh2 g3+ 111. Kh3 g2 112. Kh4 g1=Q 113. Kh5 Kf3 {Why chase the king across the board? Qg7 makes him walk toward his doom.} 114. Kh6 Kf4 115. Kh7 Kf5 116. Kh8 Kf6 117. Kh7 Qg7# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/y3tP5nS9"] [Date "2021.07.06"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "977"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qh4 Rg4 10. Qh6 Rg6 11. Qe3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qd5 {stepping into a fork, but how is Black to protect e5?} 13. Nf4 Ng4 14. Qe2 {White can win a pawn with Nd5 Ne3; Nc7+ Kd7; Be3 Kc7. I wanted more. Fritz says Nd5 Ne3; Ne3 is more.} Qa5 15. Bd2 Rg8 16. Qxe4 {And so I get only a pawn after all.} f5 17. Qe2 Qa6 18. Qxa6 {Fritz prefers Qe6+ Be6; Ba6} bxa6 19. Bc4 Ke7 20. O-O e5 21. Nd5+ {Played too fast. Bg8 is obvious} Kd7 22. h3 {Black resigned since after the knight moves then Nf6 will win the rook.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/TkGeUEal"] [Date "2021.07.06"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "588"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. O-O {I had planned Qd8 Rd8; Ne5 but that fails to Rd1 mate!} Nf6 7. Qxd8+ Rxd8 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Rxd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Rd2 {Be7 was the move} 13. Bxd2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RsmflQzQ"] [Date "2021.07.06"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Chatrath, Vikhyath,vikquick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "781"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 {dc is much better as it frees the bishop and the queen} 7. Nxe5 d6 8. Nxc6 Bd7 {Both miss NxQ!} 9. d4 Bb4 {Again both miss NxQ} 10. Nxb4 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qh4 14. Bg3 Qd8 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Nxa6 Re8 17. Rad1 Re7 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Naxc7 Rf8 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rb8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 {White is attacking both rooks and threatening Rg7 to win the knight} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.07.06 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bB8dZi1L"] [Date "2021.07.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Viswanadha,Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "000"] [BlackElo "977"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2021.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] {sakethvishy was first in this arena with 5 wins in 9 games. MlavanuR was 2nd with 2 wins in 2 games. Viquick was 3rd with 1 win in 1 game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. Rad1 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. Kh2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxb6 {Nd5 first. Now White’s king-side gets broken open.} Bxf3 16. gxf3 {Fritz suggests Bc5 Bd1; Bf8 Bc2; Bg2 Kg2; Qc2 but White’s pawns are very weak.} axb6 17. Rg1 f5 18. Rg2 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nxc2 20. Qxe5 Nd4 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qe3 Rae8 {White resigned. After Qc1 Nf3+; Kh4 f4; Rh2 Black has a crushing game.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.